HS2 is becoming increasingly important across global construction, infrastructure and industrial technology, influencing how projects are visualised, coordinated, delivered and managed over time.
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From planning and design to field execution and asset management, this topic sits at the centre of digital change across the built environment, helping teams improve visibility, accuracy, coordination and long-term performance.
Megaprojects Month: Week Three | April 2026 The numbers that wonβt improve, the governance gaps that wonβt close, and the commercial fightback that might finally change b...
Megaprojects Month: Week Two | April 2026 There is a number that haunts the infrastructure industry, sitting quietly behind every major programme announcement, every proj...
Holcim UK has experienced a landmark year, demonstrating how sustainable construction can deliver measurable results for customers, communities, and the environment. Agai...
The ZIGURAT Institute of Technology is preparing to host Construweek 2025, a global online gathering dedicated to the future of Building Information Modelling (BIM). Sche...
Ferrovial, in partnership with BAM, has landed the most significant construction contract in its UK history. The joint venture will design and build track infrastructure...
HS2 (High Speed Two) is seen as the UKβs flagship transportation project, connecting the West Midlands and London and through 140 miles (225km) of high-speed rail line. T...
Balfour Beatty VINCI has completed the excavation of the 22 metre deep west portal for HS2, marking a leap forward on work to build the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel bringing...
The Cones Team have done it again!Β Working with Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial and BAM, a new Cones book has just been published, which tells children about the building of a...
HS2 is the largest infrastructure project in Europe. The Β£106Bn development will create high-speed rail links between London, The Midlands and the North of England. Joint...
Balfour Beatty VINCIΒ has celebrated a world-first as around 450 of its people slid a 12,600 tonne bridge required for HS2, a record 165 metres to position it across a mot...
The organisation delivering the UKβs largest infrastructure project has signed up to support the Construction Leadership Councilβs carbon reduction campaign. HS2 Limited...
HS2 contractor Align JV, comprising Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick are piling the foundations for the 3.4km long Colne Valley Viaduct – the UKβ...
Final recommendations for the new Northern rail network have been made in the UK, with Government urged to support the ambitious Northern plan Β The Northβs leaders have a...
HS2 Ltd, Highways England, Network Rail and Transport for London have joined forces in encouraging small and medium sized businesses to register for free training courses...
A vision for a modern rail network for the North of England has taken another step forward, with plans to integrate HS2 with Northern Powerhouse Rail. Today, HS2 Ltd has...
Trimble and Totalmobile, a field service management software specialist, announced today that they have been awarded a contract from civil engineering joint venture Eiffa...
A Β£2.7 billion transport plan to guarantee fast, frequent connections to the HS2 East Midlands Hub station at Toton has been published, promising to spearhead the regionβ...
Redline, an Air Partner company and a leading provider of global security solutions has announced it has secured a four-year contract to provide Align JV (Align) with sec...
As part of its bid to create βgreenerβ construction sites, by reducing emissions and controlling air quality, HS2 is the first infrastructure project to adopt CESAR ECV...
Crystal clear communications with rail passengers and staff will be the single most important factor in keeping people safe as we move into the next phase of the Covid-19...
HS2, the planned high-speed rail line in Britain linking London and Birmingham over a length of 225 km in Phase One, continues to gain momentum. The client, High Speed Tw...
Midlands Connect has responded to the announcement that the Department for Transport has given approval for HS2 Ltd to issue Notice to Proceed the main construction works...
Midlands Connect Chairman Sir John Peace has today written to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to publish the Oakervee review in full as soon as possible, and...
A new report published by The Wildlife Trusts today reveals, for the first time, the vast scale of the destruction and impact that HS2 will cause to nature. βWhatβs the d...
ALE has used its internal engineering expertise to create a special solution that could move a gantry crane, weighing 290t, over live rail lines in the safest way possibl...
There has been a lot of talk about HS2 and about how, once completed, it will help to shrink the north-south divide and provide a much-needed transport spine across the c...
Balfour Beatty VINCI announces the appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture. Mark Davies will take on the role from Mark Cutler who leave...
By the time HS2 arrives in Manchester, the majority of the UK network β covering some 70% of journeys β will have undergone a technological transformation delivering fast...
Britainβs new high-speed rail project, HS2 is on track to provide a swift and low-carbon alternative mode of transport from London to the Midlands and the North of Englan...
Main Work Civil Contract packages for lots S1 and S2 of new HS2 high-speed railway link in the United Kingdom. Consortium consisting of STRABAG (32 %), Skanska and Costai...
Winners of Β£6.6 billion worth of major construction contracts for HS2 Phase OneΒ announced. government confirms plans to extend HS2 from Birmingham to north-west, East Mid...
Balfour Beatty VINCI, a long established joint venture between two global infrastructure leaders recognized for its portfolio of large-scale projects, today announces its...
The Annual Conference and Exhibition for the Bridge construction industry, Bridges 2017 – returns on the 16th March at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, United Kingdom....
The UK Department for Transport is to open up bidding for a contract to build up to 60 trains, capable of speeds of about 225mph, for the new HS2 high-speed rail network....
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